Climate averages 1991–2020
Tripoli, Lebanon weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Tripoli, Lebanon: daytime highs average 31.4°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 27 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ţarţūs (51 km away). In August its highs average 31.2°C, about as warm as Tripoli, Lebanon, with 4.4 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Lebanon, Tripoli, Lebanon ranks joint 1st of 8 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 8 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 8 cities is 30.4°C; Tripoli, Lebanon is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 7.0 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Tripoli, Lebanon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.5°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 146 | 14.0 | 10.110 h |
| February | 16.2°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 126 | 11.4 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.5°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 93 | 9.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.8°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 38 | 5.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 16 | 2.8 | 13.914 h |
| June | 28.8°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 14.414 h |
| July | 31.1°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 14.214 h |
| August, selected | 31.4°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.413 h |
| September | 29.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 7.0 | 1.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.0°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 42 | 5.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 21.9°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 89 | 8.7 | 10.410 h |
| December | 17.6°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 145 | 12.4 | 9.910 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Ţarţūs in AugustSyria · 51 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Jounieh in AugustLebanon · 54 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Zahlé in AugustLebanon · 65 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 18.7°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Beirut in AugustLebanon · 68 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Aley in AugustLebanon · 73 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.0°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Homs in AugustSyria · 87 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 20.5°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Sidon in AugustLebanon · 107 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Dūmā in AugustSyria · 109 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 18.8°C · 0.1 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Tripoli) is explained once on the Tripoli, Lebanon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.